Eclogite-hosting metapelites from the Pohorje Mountains (Eastern Alps): P-T evolution, zircon geochronology and tectonic implications

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1191-1212

  Janák, Marian ^a   Cornell, David ^b   Froitzheim, Nikolaus ^c   De Hoog, Jan C M ^d   Broska, Igor ^a   Vrabec, Mirijam ^e   Hurai, Vratislav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Continental crust subduction; Eastern alps; Ion probe zircon dating; Phase equilibrium modelling; UHP metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BINARY ALLOYS; CALCIUM OXIDE; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM ALLOYS; IONS; IRON OXIDES; KYANITE DEPOSITS; LEAD ALLOYS; LUTETIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIA; MANGANESE OXIDE; MICA; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PROBES; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICA; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES; ZIRCON;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; EASTERN ALPS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUMS; UHP METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON DATING;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GNEISS; KYANITE; METAPELITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PHENGITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; POHORJE MOUNTAINS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 77149180113     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1966     Document Type: Article

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